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بطولة: حسن عبد الحميد - سهير رفعت - مرسي الحطاب - خالد الذهبي - أمينة سالم - همام عبد المطلب - هناء عبد الفتاح - أحمد كمالي - محمود عامر - محمد عبد الحليم - عثمان محمد علي - رشوان سعيد - ﭽيلان كمال - وفاء السيد
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Henry de Montherlant
137 books106 followersHenry de Montherlant (1895-1972) fut romancier, dramaturge, essayiste et poète. Il était membre de l’Académie française et peut être considéré comme un des plus grands écrivains du XXe siècle, à l’égal d’un Proust ou d’un Céline.
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January 5, 2018
حيث تتداخل دوائر الحُكم والمصلحة والحُب، يحدث هنا ما لا يحمد عقباه! فأين منّا قوة الصبر والتحمّل لنحافظ على حُبنا وسط أمواج السلطة العاتية.
تتناول المسرحية قصة إينيس دي كاسترو، إحدى أكثر القصص مأساوية في التاريخ. حيث وقع الأمير البرتغالي دون بيدرو في حُب دونا إينيس، التي تنحدر من نسل رجل نبيل قادم من إسبانيا، ويقال إنها ابنة غير شرعية لذلك الرجل. تزوج الأمير دون بيدرو من إينيس سرًّا –وكما يقول التاريخ بأنها أنجبت منه 3 أطفال-، من دون معرفة والده الملك دون فيررانتي – الملك ألفونسو الرابع ملك البرتغال في الحقيقة- الذي كان بدوره يسعى لتزويج ابنه من أميرة إسبانية من أجل تدعيم سلطانه وتوثيق علاقاته مع مملكة نافارا. وفوجئ الأب برفض ابنه لهذا الزواج، وعرف بزواجه من دونا إينيس ورفضه رفضًا قاطعًا واضطر أيضًأ لقتل دونا إينيس والتي كانت حاملًا وقتها، وحين مات والده الدون فيررانتي، أمر دون بيدرو بإعدام من قتلوا حبيبته إينيس ومزّق قلوبهم كما مزّقوا قلبه! ونصّبها ملكة للبرتغال بعد موتها.
مسرحية غاية في الرقة والتأثير.
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تتناول المسرحية قصة إينيس دي كاسترو، إحدى أكثر القصص مأساوية في التاريخ. حيث وقع الأمير البرتغالي دون بيدرو في حُب دونا إينيس، التي تنحدر من نسل رجل نبيل قادم من إسبانيا، ويقال إنها ابنة غير شرعية لذلك الرجل. تزوج الأمير دون بيدرو من إينيس سرًّا –وكما يقول التاريخ بأنها أنجبت منه 3 أطفال-، من دون معرفة والده الملك دون فيررانتي – الملك ألفونسو الرابع ملك البرتغال في الحقيقة- الذي كان بدوره يسعى لتزويج ابنه من أميرة إسبانية من أجل تدعيم سلطانه وتوثيق علاقاته مع مملكة نافارا. وفوجئ الأب برفض ابنه لهذا الزواج، وعرف بزواجه من دونا إينيس ورفضه رفضًا قاطعًا واضطر أيضًأ لقتل دونا إينيس والتي كانت حاملًا وقتها، وحين مات والده الدون فيررانتي، أمر دون بيدرو بإعدام من قتلوا حبيبته إينيس ومزّق قلوبهم كما مزّقوا قلبه! ونصّبها ملكة للبرتغال بعد موتها.
مسرحية غاية في الرقة والتأثير.
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September 27, 2020
La reine morte raconte l'histoire d'un prince qui provoque la colère de son père sans avoir le courage de lui tenir tête. Le prince refuse un mariage qui offre des très forts avantages pour le royaume. Il épouse la femme qu'il aime secrètement. Elle devient enceinte. Le roi décide de la supprimer. Le prince prend connaissance des intentions meurtrières de son père mais il ne fait rien pour sauver son épouse. Il pleure lâchement sur son corps quand le rideau tombe.
L'auteur n'est pas tellement contre les mariages d'amour. Il s'en veut surtout aux lâches qui mettent des personnes en péril mais qui ne font rien pour les défendre.
Parce que le français d'Henri de Montherlant est très limpide et le texte est aussi court, La reine morte est souvent enseigne dans les cours de littérature français pour les anglophones. C'est un choix tout à fait admirable.
L'auteur n'est pas tellement contre les mariages d'amour. Il s'en veut surtout aux lâches qui mettent des personnes en péril mais qui ne font rien pour les défendre.
Parce que le français d'Henri de Montherlant est très limpide et le texte est aussi court, La reine morte est souvent enseigne dans les cours de littérature français pour les anglophones. C'est un choix tout à fait admirable.
July 29, 2021
I want to see this play but with 16 personalities playing all the characters.
April 19, 2020
J'ai vraiment aimé ce livre! L'écriture est très fluide et facile à lire.
Les personnages sont fascinants et j'aime beaucoup les duos qu'ils forment, notamment celui d'Inès et de Ferrante.
Les personnages sont fascinants et j'aime beaucoup les duos qu'ils forment, notamment celui d'Inès et de Ferrante.
May 21, 2012
The story of Inés de Castro, like that of Don Juan, has inspired many romances and plays. Inés de Castro was a historical figure from the 14th Century, a lesser noblewoman who became Pedro, the crown prince´s lover and after his wife died, his spouse in spite of the King´s opposition. She was eventually assasinated in a court intrigue.
Montherlant makes Inés Pedro´s secret first wife, turns Pedro into a man unable to break free of his paralyzing love-hate relationship with his father and centers the play on the seventy year old, cynical, lucid, monstruous but still powerful King (Ferrante in the play, Alphonse IV, in reality), who rules according to clearly machiavellian dicta and winds up destroying, physically or psychologically, all who approach him, save for the Infante of Navarre, one of the most extraordinary, clear-eyed and unsentimental female characters to turn up in drama.
The play moves, audibly and remorselessly forwards in time to an almost clockwork logic of tragedy and reminds one by turns of Racine´s Phèdre and Schiller´s Don Carlos. Ferrante is a Lear who decides to reign until he drops dead, securely bolstered on his throne by his inordinate pride and cruelty masked by a hypocritical concern for the state.
A play well worth reading and watching, if staged with the author´s suggested cuts.
Montherlant makes Inés Pedro´s secret first wife, turns Pedro into a man unable to break free of his paralyzing love-hate relationship with his father and centers the play on the seventy year old, cynical, lucid, monstruous but still powerful King (Ferrante in the play, Alphonse IV, in reality), who rules according to clearly machiavellian dicta and winds up destroying, physically or psychologically, all who approach him, save for the Infante of Navarre, one of the most extraordinary, clear-eyed and unsentimental female characters to turn up in drama.
The play moves, audibly and remorselessly forwards in time to an almost clockwork logic of tragedy and reminds one by turns of Racine´s Phèdre and Schiller´s Don Carlos. Ferrante is a Lear who decides to reign until he drops dead, securely bolstered on his throne by his inordinate pride and cruelty masked by a hypocritical concern for the state.
A play well worth reading and watching, if staged with the author´s suggested cuts.
April 14, 2014
1hour after reading
this book is like a succesful Oscar Wilde, with all the bling trimmed away to leave a pure, cutting prose. The characters are fantastic, powerful like Balzacian characters without the cynicism, if a morality play had been the picture ofa fire this would be the fire!
this book is like a succesful Oscar Wilde, with all the bling trimmed away to leave a pure, cutting prose. The characters are fantastic, powerful like Balzacian characters without the cynicism, if a morality play had been the picture ofa fire this would be the fire!
April 19, 2025
j’ai attendu le coming out de l’Infante tout du long omg dona bianca !!!
November 12, 2025
3.5
Perfide est le roi qui ne tue pas ; faible est celui qui le fait d'un aveu du même type. La Reine morte conte le meurtre d'une femme innocente qui vivait d'amour au profit de l'État. Ou l'est-ce vraiment ?
La pièce est un drame en trois actes qui est un chef-d'œuvre de la caractérisation. Chaque personnage a sa force et son moment de lumière, même si Inès et le roi Ferrante s'imposent comme les figures dominantes. Là où on s'attendrait d'abord à un drame politique, on découvre rapidement, de part la personnalité du meurtrier, que le message est plus sentimentale, que les décisions froides sont parfois le fruit d'une émulsion d'émotions.
La Reine morte est, lors de sa première représentation, moyennement reçu. C'est plus tard que le public en fera un classique. À juste titre dans les deux cas. Pour avoir analyser l'œuvre pleinement, je ne puis nier que le texte recèle de nombreuses répétitions ('comme', notamment...). Les dialogues sont aussi souvent similaires, avec une teinte d'évolution dans le discours parfois. Malgré tout, La Reine morte est un classique fort en émotion du théâtre moderne qui plaît à la lecture.
Perfide est le roi qui ne tue pas ; faible est celui qui le fait d'un aveu du même type. La Reine morte conte le meurtre d'une femme innocente qui vivait d'amour au profit de l'État. Ou l'est-ce vraiment ?
La pièce est un drame en trois actes qui est un chef-d'œuvre de la caractérisation. Chaque personnage a sa force et son moment de lumière, même si Inès et le roi Ferrante s'imposent comme les figures dominantes. Là où on s'attendrait d'abord à un drame politique, on découvre rapidement, de part la personnalité du meurtrier, que le message est plus sentimentale, que les décisions froides sont parfois le fruit d'une émulsion d'émotions.
La Reine morte est, lors de sa première représentation, moyennement reçu. C'est plus tard que le public en fera un classique. À juste titre dans les deux cas. Pour avoir analyser l'œuvre pleinement, je ne puis nier que le texte recèle de nombreuses répétitions ('comme', notamment...). Les dialogues sont aussi souvent similaires, avec une teinte d'évolution dans le discours parfois. Malgré tout, La Reine morte est un classique fort en émotion du théâtre moderne qui plaît à la lecture.
March 23, 2024
L’Infante being a girls’ girl was the best moment of the book 🤭
July 21, 2025
L’infante
Seigneur, savez-vous que chez nous, en Navarre, on meurt d’humiliation? […] Et puis, la Navarre est un pays dur. Les taureaux de chez nous sont de toute l’Espagne ceux qui ont les pattes les plus résistantes, parce qu’ils marchent toujours sur de la rocaille
[premiere dame d’honneur
L’Infante n’aimait pas tant les Navarrais, lorsqu’elle était en Navarre !]
Hybris queen change pas
Seigneur, savez-vous que chez nous, en Navarre, on meurt d’humiliation? […] Et puis, la Navarre est un pays dur. Les taureaux de chez nous sont de toute l’Espagne ceux qui ont les pattes les plus résistantes, parce qu’ils marchent toujours sur de la rocaille
[premiere dame d’honneur
L’Infante n’aimait pas tant les Navarrais, lorsqu’elle était en Navarre !]
Hybris queen change pas
May 10, 2021
Euh ouais bof bof
July 30, 2025
La Reine Morte by Henri de Montherlant
Excellent masterpiece... marriage made in heaven between a fabulous text and the Ubermensch of an actor – 10 out of 10
I have been spoiled in the past few days with Housekeeping and now The Dead Queen and an amazing king played by the best actor in the world- George Constantin.
Ferrante is the king of Portugal and he wants Prince Pedro, his son, to marry the infanta of Navarre, for reasons of state.
And we proceed with a classic conflict between duty and love.
Prince Pedro loves Ines de Castro, but this is not what the king wants and he is very upset to learn that his son had refused the infanta.
In the first part of this great drama, king Ferrante is willing to compromise and even appears to be a reasonable man.
When he meets Ines, he is taken by her beauty and refinement.
The king says to Prince Pedro:
- Marry the woman you must and have an affair with whoever you want
Not in these words, but I would say with that message.
Advisers to the king maintain that Ines should be killed, to make way for the necessary marriage that would boost the power of Portugal.
But king Ferrante delves into psychology and shows both understanding and a merciful side, at least to begin with.
- What is the secret you hide, why do you want to kill a young woman
Unhappy with this thirst for blood, the king is annoyed by the sycophants who kneel all the time and show too much humility.
Things are complicated by the revelation that Prince Pedro and Ines have married in secret, at a time when marriages were difficult to break apart.
The pope has to pronounce an annulment and the focus is on obtaining this exemption and the prince to agree.
The pressure falls on Dona Ines, who is asked by the king to convince the man she loves to give her up.
Gradually, the king shows more of his darker side, after giving the impression that he will protect the innocent.
We are dealing with a very complex and interesting leading role that I see at the very center of the play.
King Ferrante is by far more important and intriguing than all the rest put together, but this is in large part the contribution of the fantastic actor.
I guess that about 10 % or more of my notes on the plays that I listen to refer to this giant of the stage.
If in the first place the king affirmed that he will not give orders to have Dona Ines killed, things change.
Prince Pedro does not want to give up and the health of the king is deteriorating and with it his patience.
There are some very cruel stances that he takes, speaking of babies being thrown to the pigs and such like monstrosities.
To his confidant he shouts-
- They will take your heart out and you will see it before you die!!
This was an extraordinary marriage made in heaven between a fabulous text and the Ubermensch of an actor
Excellent masterpiece... marriage made in heaven between a fabulous text and the Ubermensch of an actor – 10 out of 10
I have been spoiled in the past few days with Housekeeping and now The Dead Queen and an amazing king played by the best actor in the world- George Constantin.
Ferrante is the king of Portugal and he wants Prince Pedro, his son, to marry the infanta of Navarre, for reasons of state.
And we proceed with a classic conflict between duty and love.
Prince Pedro loves Ines de Castro, but this is not what the king wants and he is very upset to learn that his son had refused the infanta.
In the first part of this great drama, king Ferrante is willing to compromise and even appears to be a reasonable man.
When he meets Ines, he is taken by her beauty and refinement.
The king says to Prince Pedro:
- Marry the woman you must and have an affair with whoever you want
Not in these words, but I would say with that message.
Advisers to the king maintain that Ines should be killed, to make way for the necessary marriage that would boost the power of Portugal.
But king Ferrante delves into psychology and shows both understanding and a merciful side, at least to begin with.
- What is the secret you hide, why do you want to kill a young woman
Unhappy with this thirst for blood, the king is annoyed by the sycophants who kneel all the time and show too much humility.
Things are complicated by the revelation that Prince Pedro and Ines have married in secret, at a time when marriages were difficult to break apart.
The pope has to pronounce an annulment and the focus is on obtaining this exemption and the prince to agree.
The pressure falls on Dona Ines, who is asked by the king to convince the man she loves to give her up.
Gradually, the king shows more of his darker side, after giving the impression that he will protect the innocent.
We are dealing with a very complex and interesting leading role that I see at the very center of the play.
King Ferrante is by far more important and intriguing than all the rest put together, but this is in large part the contribution of the fantastic actor.
I guess that about 10 % or more of my notes on the plays that I listen to refer to this giant of the stage.
If in the first place the king affirmed that he will not give orders to have Dona Ines killed, things change.
Prince Pedro does not want to give up and the health of the king is deteriorating and with it his patience.
There are some very cruel stances that he takes, speaking of babies being thrown to the pigs and such like monstrosities.
To his confidant he shouts-
- They will take your heart out and you will see it before you die!!
This was an extraordinary marriage made in heaven between a fabulous text and the Ubermensch of an actor
June 24, 2023
من كلاسيكيات المسرح الفرنسي وهي مسرحية درامية تتكون من ثلاثة فصول كتبها هنري دي مونترلان في سنة 1942، وتم عرضها لأول مرة في 18 ديسمبر 1942 في عرض لبيير دوكس.
هذه المسرحية تعتبر من أهم أعمال المؤلف وهي مستوحاة من تاريخ الملوك البرتغاليين: ألفونسو الرابع و بيدرو الأول وإينيس دي كاسترو.
والمسرحية موجودة على موقع اليوتيوب (الإذاعة المصرية).
من المخطط عقد زواج بين الدونا بيانكا أميرة النافار وابنة ملكها والدون بيدرو ولي عهد البرتغال وابن ملكها فيرانتي . الهدف من هذا الزواج هو تأسيس تحالف سياسي بين المملكتين ضد قشتالة .
تبدأ المسرحية بمقابلة بين الملك فيرانتي والدونا بيانكا. تعلن خلالها الفتاة البالغة من العمر سبعة عشر عاماً الملك أن ابنه الدون بيدرو أعلمها برفضه الزواج منها وهذا شيء مهين وجه إليها وهي في أرض البرتغال، فقررت المغادرة إلى بلادها النافار. يسألها الملك فرانتي البقاء وتاخير سفرها مع أخيها، حتى يتمكن من مناقشة ابنه في تصرفه الذي عبر عن أسفه وخجله منه.
أثناء مقابلة خاصة مع بيدرو، سيحاول الملك تذكير ابنه بواجباته كأمير. فمع علمه بوجود علاقة بين ابنه وإينيس دي كاسترو وعدم اعتراضه عليها إلا أنه لم ير فيها مانعا لإتمام الزواج بالأميرة الإسبانية والذي سيجلب الخير لبلده. على الرغم من إصرار فرانتي، رفض بيدرو بعناد هذا الزواج. إنه يحب بشدة الفتاة الشابة إينيس ولا يريد التضحية بسعادته لأجل الدولة. إلا أنه وبسبب خوفه من والده؛ لم يكن لديه الشجاعة لإخباره أنه تزوج إينيس سراً وأنها كانت حاملا أيضا . إن إينيس بعد تلك المقابلة هي نفسها التي ستقول للملك خبر زواجهما دون أن تخبره أنها حامل.
ألقى الملك القبض على ابنه، لهدف وحيد هو ارجاعه إلى رشده. نظرًا لعدم إمكانية فسخ هذا الزواج، قدم العديد من مستشاري الملك نصائحهم بقتل إينيس والتخلص منها ورأوا أن هذا لا يعتبر جرما ما دام في مصلحة الدولة وفيه إزالة لعائق يقف في طريق تحالف سياسي مهم وفيه أيضا إظهار لسلطة الملك وهيبة مقامه. يشعر الملك بشيء من الحنان تجاه إينيس ويرفض القيام بقتلها. يؤمن الملك بإمكانية وجود حل أكثر دبلوماسية، إلى جانب احساسه بوجود نوايا سيئة عند بعض مستشاريه ضد إينيس.
تتجاهل إينيس التهديدات التي تحوم حولها، تتاح لها فرصة لرؤية زوجها المعتقل. تعيش فقط من أجل بيدرو والطفل الذي تشعر به في رحمها. أميرة النافار ورغم وجعها في كبريائها وأنفتها الملكيين بسبب فعل بيدرو بها إلا أنها تحاول إقناع إينيس بالسفر معها لإنقاذ حياتها إلا أن إينيس ترفض. تؤمن إينيس بصلاح الملك ولا تريد التخلي عن الزوج الذي تحبه، لذلك تبقى إينيس قريبة من الملك وتتحدث معه طويلا. يثق الملك بها ويبلغها بآلام السلطة والملك ومتاعبهما. تعترف إينيس للملك بحملها من بيدرو. يستمر حذيثهما طويلا ثم تطلب إينيس الانصراف إلى مقر سكنها ولم يكن معها إلا أربعة من الحرس. غادرت إينيس، قرر الملك قتلها وهي في طريقها لمنزلها. على الرغم من تردده، لم يفعل شيئًا لإنقاذها. بعد لحظات قليلة في نفس تلك الليلة، مرض الملك وسقط. ثم يتم إحضار جثة إينيس على نقالة. بيدرو يخرج من معتقله ويصبح ملكا، بيدرو الذي تأثر كثيراً يبكي على زوجته بينما يتعهد الأمراء بالولاء له. لا يزال جسد الملك وحده مهجورًا في القاعة.
هذه المسرحية تعتبر من أهم أعمال المؤلف وهي مستوحاة من تاريخ الملوك البرتغاليين: ألفونسو الرابع و بيدرو الأول وإينيس دي كاسترو.
والمسرحية موجودة على موقع اليوتيوب (الإذاعة المصرية).
من المخطط عقد زواج بين الدونا بيانكا أميرة النافار وابنة ملكها والدون بيدرو ولي عهد البرتغال وابن ملكها فيرانتي . الهدف من هذا الزواج هو تأسيس تحالف سياسي بين المملكتين ضد قشتالة .
تبدأ المسرحية بمقابلة بين الملك فيرانتي والدونا بيانكا. تعلن خلالها الفتاة البالغة من العمر سبعة عشر عاماً الملك أن ابنه الدون بيدرو أعلمها برفضه الزواج منها وهذا شيء مهين وجه إليها وهي في أرض البرتغال، فقررت المغادرة إلى بلادها النافار. يسألها الملك فرانتي البقاء وتاخير سفرها مع أخيها، حتى يتمكن من مناقشة ابنه في تصرفه الذي عبر عن أسفه وخجله منه.
أثناء مقابلة خاصة مع بيدرو، سيحاول الملك تذكير ابنه بواجباته كأمير. فمع علمه بوجود علاقة بين ابنه وإينيس دي كاسترو وعدم اعتراضه عليها إلا أنه لم ير فيها مانعا لإتمام الزواج بالأميرة الإسبانية والذي سيجلب الخير لبلده. على الرغم من إصرار فرانتي، رفض بيدرو بعناد هذا الزواج. إنه يحب بشدة الفتاة الشابة إينيس ولا يريد التضحية بسعادته لأجل الدولة. إلا أنه وبسبب خوفه من والده؛ لم يكن لديه الشجاعة لإخباره أنه تزوج إينيس سراً وأنها كانت حاملا أيضا . إن إينيس بعد تلك المقابلة هي نفسها التي ستقول للملك خبر زواجهما دون أن تخبره أنها حامل.
ألقى الملك القبض على ابنه، لهدف وحيد هو ارجاعه إلى رشده. نظرًا لعدم إمكانية فسخ هذا الزواج، قدم العديد من مستشاري الملك نصائحهم بقتل إينيس والتخلص منها ورأوا أن هذا لا يعتبر جرما ما دام في مصلحة الدولة وفيه إزالة لعائق يقف في طريق تحالف سياسي مهم وفيه أيضا إظهار لسلطة الملك وهيبة مقامه. يشعر الملك بشيء من الحنان تجاه إينيس ويرفض القيام بقتلها. يؤمن الملك بإمكانية وجود حل أكثر دبلوماسية، إلى جانب احساسه بوجود نوايا سيئة عند بعض مستشاريه ضد إينيس.
تتجاهل إينيس التهديدات التي تحوم حولها، تتاح لها فرصة لرؤية زوجها المعتقل. تعيش فقط من أجل بيدرو والطفل الذي تشعر به في رحمها. أميرة النافار ورغم وجعها في كبريائها وأنفتها الملكيين بسبب فعل بيدرو بها إلا أنها تحاول إقناع إينيس بالسفر معها لإنقاذ حياتها إلا أن إينيس ترفض. تؤمن إينيس بصلاح الملك ولا تريد التخلي عن الزوج الذي تحبه، لذلك تبقى إينيس قريبة من الملك وتتحدث معه طويلا. يثق الملك بها ويبلغها بآلام السلطة والملك ومتاعبهما. تعترف إينيس للملك بحملها من بيدرو. يستمر حذيثهما طويلا ثم تطلب إينيس الانصراف إلى مقر سكنها ولم يكن معها إلا أربعة من الحرس. غادرت إينيس، قرر الملك قتلها وهي في طريقها لمنزلها. على الرغم من تردده، لم يفعل شيئًا لإنقاذها. بعد لحظات قليلة في نفس تلك الليلة، مرض الملك وسقط. ثم يتم إحضار جثة إينيس على نقالة. بيدرو يخرج من معتقله ويصبح ملكا، بيدرو الذي تأثر كثيراً يبكي على زوجته بينما يتعهد الأمراء بالولاء له. لا يزال جسد الملك وحده مهجورًا في القاعة.
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June 19, 2020I always read more than one book at the same time.
This one fascinated me because of its title which is about the story of the unfortunate Ines de Castro who fell in love with Don Pedro The Cruel, future ruler of Portugal. She was the natural child of a low-born nobleman from Spain who came to Portugal and was noticed by Don Pedro who fell so madly in love with her, he secretly married her. When Don Ferrante, Pedro's father found out about the marriage and the fact Ines was with child, he flew in a big rage since he had planned on cementing an alliance with Spain by marrying Pedro to the Infanta of Navarre and had Ines executed.
Those who read about Portugal's history know that Pedro upon becoming king had Ines' corpse exhumed and forced everybody in Portugal to kiss her skeletal hand and pay homage to her as Portugal's queen. Pedro took the title of cruel after her death as he had sincerely loved her. He had buried again in a crypt with all the honors to a queen and had a monument made upon her sepulcher. It is said that upon his own death, he was also buried at her side.
This is one of the most tragic love stories taking place I believe in ancient times.
De Montherland wrote a play on the subject and this is the play I'm now reading.
De Montherland has some inaccuracies in his play. First of all, Ines' murder is more subtle than that. Ferrante from what I read of the actual story never actually met Ines and so would not have come to like her and to still decide to have her killed and then die right after she dies.
When Pedro had Ines' body paraded around for everybody in Portugal to pay homage to her, she had been in the grave for some time as he paraded a skeleton with a crown and rich robes, not a fresh corpse.
It was like De Montherland wanted to soften the story somewhat, romanticize it. You should only check it out if you like De Montherland's writing style.
It seems I'm re-reading it as I can see I read it from October 11, 2016 to October 15, 2016. The story of the unfortunate Ines De Castro broke my heart. I was buying those magazines from France and in there they would relate real stories but also they would romanticize them. They had the story of Ines and how after her death, Pedro was so angry he had her body dug up, covered with royal robes and forced all his subjects to kill the hand of his skeletal queen before having her once again buried in a beautiful sarcophagus he had built for her and him. As it is Pedro the cruel as he is known asked to be laid to rest next to Ines when he died though he had remarried to a princess. It was said his father Ferrante was the instigator of Ines' murder as she was murdered.
Well I read it twice! I bought the book after hearing about Ines de Castro but I cannot say Montherland satisfied my curiosity about her. I find the play very tame actually but it's probably because of the time it was written in France and the style which was popular back then.
I do not even cry when I know Ines is going to die and actually in the play I find her irritating and a bit naive.
Ferrante is somebody deserving of assassination attempts. He's not a very nice character and the pity we might feel for dying old men is inexistent here. Actually we can't wait for him to die but we wish he would die before he can order for Ines to be murdered.
Don Pedro is tame here unlike the real Pedro The Cruel who would have had his own father executed had Ferrante not died before he could mete out his revenge on those who killed his beloved wife.
The Infanta well she is as far from reality as can be in the play. Dona Bianca actually married Pedro and it was when she died in childbirth that he became his affair with Ines who was one of her ladies in waiting.
John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster was luckier than Pedro. John had a several years affair with Katherine Swinford, children with her and although they had their differences, he eventually was allowed to marry her and live their last years together.
Pedro wasn't even granted that. I doubt his next wife as he remarried for the sake of the crown, was as loved as he had himself buried in the same sarcophagus as he had Ines buried into.
No wonder modern nobility rebels and marries commoners.
I'm not going to read this book another time and will put it in the pile of books to be given away. Instead I plan on finding a book about the real story.
Even Shakespeare in his retelling of such tragedies as Othello, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, King Lear, put more passion into them. This play is tame.
We are led to believe by his actions towards Ines before he gives the orders to kill her that Ferrante is a good man, a strong kind but he is weak and easily led astray into changing his mind. After all, didn't he say that killing her would be a very bad political move to his kingdom?
And where is Pedro all the time his wife is left alone with Ferrante? If he had been sent somewhere to wage war, that would be logical but he just seems to be away. In his shoes I would have worried as he had to know his father wasn't a kind man at all.
The real Pedro had the real Ines' corpse dug out. She was a skeleton by then. He had the skeleton dressed up in fine clothes and had her wedding ring put on her finger and forced all of Portugal, all of its inhabitants nobles as well as the poor bow down before the corpse and kiss its ring. Then he had her buried again in a sarcophagus he had built for both of them showing them lying next to each other like lovers. He then went after those who had killed her and executed them in the most gruesome manner. But is it any wonder that he came to be known as Pedro the cruel? If somebody killed my one true love, I'd probably do as bad as he did.
This one fascinated me because of its title which is about the story of the unfortunate Ines de Castro who fell in love with Don Pedro The Cruel, future ruler of Portugal. She was the natural child of a low-born nobleman from Spain who came to Portugal and was noticed by Don Pedro who fell so madly in love with her, he secretly married her. When Don Ferrante, Pedro's father found out about the marriage and the fact Ines was with child, he flew in a big rage since he had planned on cementing an alliance with Spain by marrying Pedro to the Infanta of Navarre and had Ines executed.
Those who read about Portugal's history know that Pedro upon becoming king had Ines' corpse exhumed and forced everybody in Portugal to kiss her skeletal hand and pay homage to her as Portugal's queen. Pedro took the title of cruel after her death as he had sincerely loved her. He had buried again in a crypt with all the honors to a queen and had a monument made upon her sepulcher. It is said that upon his own death, he was also buried at her side.
This is one of the most tragic love stories taking place I believe in ancient times.
De Montherland wrote a play on the subject and this is the play I'm now reading.
De Montherland has some inaccuracies in his play. First of all, Ines' murder is more subtle than that. Ferrante from what I read of the actual story never actually met Ines and so would not have come to like her and to still decide to have her killed and then die right after she dies.
When Pedro had Ines' body paraded around for everybody in Portugal to pay homage to her, she had been in the grave for some time as he paraded a skeleton with a crown and rich robes, not a fresh corpse.
It was like De Montherland wanted to soften the story somewhat, romanticize it. You should only check it out if you like De Montherland's writing style.
It seems I'm re-reading it as I can see I read it from October 11, 2016 to October 15, 2016. The story of the unfortunate Ines De Castro broke my heart. I was buying those magazines from France and in there they would relate real stories but also they would romanticize them. They had the story of Ines and how after her death, Pedro was so angry he had her body dug up, covered with royal robes and forced all his subjects to kill the hand of his skeletal queen before having her once again buried in a beautiful sarcophagus he had built for her and him. As it is Pedro the cruel as he is known asked to be laid to rest next to Ines when he died though he had remarried to a princess. It was said his father Ferrante was the instigator of Ines' murder as she was murdered.
Well I read it twice! I bought the book after hearing about Ines de Castro but I cannot say Montherland satisfied my curiosity about her. I find the play very tame actually but it's probably because of the time it was written in France and the style which was popular back then.
I do not even cry when I know Ines is going to die and actually in the play I find her irritating and a bit naive.
Ferrante is somebody deserving of assassination attempts. He's not a very nice character and the pity we might feel for dying old men is inexistent here. Actually we can't wait for him to die but we wish he would die before he can order for Ines to be murdered.
Don Pedro is tame here unlike the real Pedro The Cruel who would have had his own father executed had Ferrante not died before he could mete out his revenge on those who killed his beloved wife.
The Infanta well she is as far from reality as can be in the play. Dona Bianca actually married Pedro and it was when she died in childbirth that he became his affair with Ines who was one of her ladies in waiting.
John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster was luckier than Pedro. John had a several years affair with Katherine Swinford, children with her and although they had their differences, he eventually was allowed to marry her and live their last years together.
Pedro wasn't even granted that. I doubt his next wife as he remarried for the sake of the crown, was as loved as he had himself buried in the same sarcophagus as he had Ines buried into.
No wonder modern nobility rebels and marries commoners.
I'm not going to read this book another time and will put it in the pile of books to be given away. Instead I plan on finding a book about the real story.
Even Shakespeare in his retelling of such tragedies as Othello, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, King Lear, put more passion into them. This play is tame.
We are led to believe by his actions towards Ines before he gives the orders to kill her that Ferrante is a good man, a strong kind but he is weak and easily led astray into changing his mind. After all, didn't he say that killing her would be a very bad political move to his kingdom?
And where is Pedro all the time his wife is left alone with Ferrante? If he had been sent somewhere to wage war, that would be logical but he just seems to be away. In his shoes I would have worried as he had to know his father wasn't a kind man at all.
The real Pedro had the real Ines' corpse dug out. She was a skeleton by then. He had the skeleton dressed up in fine clothes and had her wedding ring put on her finger and forced all of Portugal, all of its inhabitants nobles as well as the poor bow down before the corpse and kiss its ring. Then he had her buried again in a sarcophagus he had built for both of them showing them lying next to each other like lovers. He then went after those who had killed her and executed them in the most gruesome manner. But is it any wonder that he came to be known as Pedro the cruel? If somebody killed my one true love, I'd probably do as bad as he did.
July 12, 2018
J'ai eu du mal à rentrer dans cette histoire. Tellement que j'ai du mal à me souvenir de l'intrigue et des éléments de l'histoire. Les livres touchant et mêlant politique et tragédie ont toujours été difficile pour moi. Celui fait un véritable mélange des deux. Ce n'est pas ma tasse de thé...
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December 24, 2019« Dieu me protégera si j'en suis digne. Mais pourquoi regarder le ciel ? Regarder le ciel me ramène toujours vers la terre, car, les choses divines que je connais, c'est sur la terre que je les ai vécues. »
June 22, 2025
L’Infante : « Plutôt perdre que supporter. »
Ferrante : « Je vous le pardonne. Mais que le pardon est vain! Ce qui est fait est fait, et ce qui n’est pas fait n’est pas fait, irrémédiablement. Et puis, j’ai tant pardonné, tout le long de ma vie! Il n’y a rien de si usé pour moi, que le pardon. »
Ferrante : « Je vous le pardonne. Mais que le pardon est vain! Ce qui est fait est fait, et ce qui n’est pas fait n’est pas fait, irrémédiablement. Et puis, j’ai tant pardonné, tout le long de ma vie! Il n’y a rien de si usé pour moi, que le pardon. »
April 29, 2021
2.8/5
July 10, 2021
Sobre un amor imposible, pero sobre todo sobre un conflicto familiar con desenlace trágico pese al vínculo que el padre desarrolla con la amante de su hijo :(
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 31, 2021
assez déçue.
January 5, 2022
Boring as hell. I had to read it for school and I think I'll never get why my crazy French teacher loved it so much
December 19, 2022
رغم شاعرية وقوة الحبكة التاريخية إلا أن المعالجة جاءت تقليدية مع جمل حوارية جامدة وبالتالي إجمالا المسرحية مملة ولا يوجد بها ما يثير القارئ طالما كان على إطلاع على الأحداث التاريخية.
June 22, 2024
born to be l'infante forced to be Inès...
"Si Dieu voulait me donner le ciel, mais qu'il me le différât, je préférerais me jeter en enfer, à devoir attendre le bon plaisir de Dieu.
"Si Dieu voulait me donner le ciel, mais qu'il me le différât, je préférerais me jeter en enfer, à devoir attendre le bon plaisir de Dieu.
August 21, 2024
Plus fort qu'un somnifère
November 14, 2024
j’ai aaaimé ! mais j’aurais mis 5⭐️ si il n’avait pas été collabo… :/
December 29, 2024
lesbians
November 24, 2025
La reine morte ou l’arène morte ?
July 26, 2014
Je ne suis pas grande amatrice de théâtre donc cette pièce ne fait pas exception. J'aime néanmoins l'humour noir et l'écriture démodée de Montherlant.
June 8, 2025
merci le mec inconnu au bataillon
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